For nearly 50 years, Van’s Aircraft Inc. has offered a series of low-wing, all-aluminum kit planes popular with those who like to fly airplanes they assemble with their own hands. The Aurora, ...

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Sonex LLC is now accepting $15,000 deposits for its new SubSonex JSX-2T, a two-place amateur-built personal jet designed as the "lowest cost jet trainer ever." The estimated total cost for the kit, ...

GILA BEND, Ariz.GILA BEND, Ariz. — An experimental, homemade aircraft crashed about 70 miles (111 kilometers) southwest of Phoenix, killing one person and seriously injuring another, authorities said.

It’s a familiar scene, replayed in garages and workshops across the country for the better part of a half-century: the arrival of an airplane kit. For some, it's a stack of boxes and a long tube or ...